PARIS — Virginie Razzano astonished the French Open crowd on Monday when she served underarm on match point, and missed.
The French wildcard entry, who had dropped the first set to Paraguayan qualifier Veronica Cepede Royg in the first round match, missed her first serve on match point at 5-2.
She then spooned her second attempt over the net underarm style but it landed past the service line for a double fault that brought the score back to deuce.
Two points later she completed a 2-6 6-4 6-2 victory in front of a noisy home crowd on the Suzanne Lenglen court.